Valya Balkanska
Valya Mladenowa Balkanska ( Bulgarian Валя Младенова Балканска ; born January 8, 1942 ) is a world-famous Bulgarian folk singer . With the folk song "Islel e Delju Chajdutin" ( Bulgarian Излел е Делю Хайдутин , German "And went Delju the Heiducke ") from the Rhodope Mountains , she is the only Southeast European musician to be heard on the record " Voyager Golden Record ".
She was born on January 8, 1942 near the small southern Bulgarian village of Arda , Smolyan Oblast , in the Rhodope Mountains . Since she was young, she has been singing the typical Bulgarian folk songs of her home region. She has more than 300 Bulgarian folk songs in her repertoire. She became world famous after she recorded the song "Islel e Delju Chajdutin" in 1972 together with the Gaida player Dimitar Petrowski . This song was recorded in 1977 with a further 26 pieces of music on a record that was sent into space on the interstellar space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 .
Balkanska works with the “Rhodopa State Ensemble for Folklore Songs and Dances” from Smoljan, with whom she has appeared as a soloist since 1960. Her album "Glas ot wetschnostta" ( Bulgarian Глас от вечността , German "Voice from Eternity") is a compilation of her best songs and was released in 2004.
In 2002 the singer was honored with the medal "Stara Planina" for her services to Bulgarian music.
repertoire
Valya Balkanska's repertoire includes, among others, the following songs:
- A bre, junatsche ludo i mlado ( Bulgarian А бре, юначе лудо и младо )
- A ga bech moma leftera ( Bulgarian А га бех мома лефтера )
- Agne, waklo agne ( Bulgarian Агне, вакло агне )
- Wetar due mene mresi ( Bulgarian Ветър дуе мене мрези )
- Widem ta se wdim posnawam ( Bulgarian Видем та се вдим познавам )
- Wtschera se majtsche otidoch ( Bulgarian Вчера се майче отидох )
- Gori mi, gori, junatsche ( Bulgarian Гори ми, гори, юначе )
- Goro le, goro selena ( Bulgarian Горо ле, горо зелена )
- Daj si ma, majtscho ( Bulgarian Дай си ма, майчо )
- Dewojko, balno li ti e ( Bulgarian Девойко, бално ли ти е )
- Dobre mi dojde, junatsche ( Bulgarian Добре ми дойде, юначе )
- Islel e Delju Chajdutin ( Bulgarian Излел е Делю Хайдутин )
- Kakwo e nowo stanalo ( Bulgarian Какво е ново станало )
- Majchinko stara majtschinko ( Bulgarian Майчинко стара майчинко )
- Marudo, kusum Marudo ( Bulgarian Марудо, кузум Марудо )
- Moma sesi na jodriwo ( Bulgarian Мома сези на йодриво )
- Momitschenze, malatschitschko ( Bulgarian Момиченце, малачичко )
- Momnele mari chubawa ( Bulgarian Момнеле мари хубава )
- Prowodi ma, majtschinko ( Bulgarian Проводи ма, майчинко )
- Pukni sa, tresni sa junatsche ( Bulgarian Пукни са, тресни са юначе )
- Rasvjawaj Koljo, bajraka ( Bulgarian Развявай Кольо, байрака )
- Russa dewojka lipsala ( Bulgarian Руса девойка липсала )
- Sewditze pile schareno ( Bulgarian Севдитце пиле шарено )
- Strachil e straschen wojwoda ( Bulgarian Страхил е страшен войвода )
- Sabrali sa se momi li mladi newesti ( Bulgarian Събрали са се моми ли млади невести )
- Sabrali sa se sabrali ( Bulgarian Събрали са се събрали )
- Sjodnite, sewdim, sjodnite ( Bulgarian Сьодните, севдим, сьодните )
- Trista sa puschki puknali ( Bulgarian Триста са пушки пукнали )
- Chajdutine se molecha ( Bulgarian Хайдутине се молеха )
- Schar planino ( Bulgarian Шар планино )
- Jala mi jala dewojko ( Bulgarian Яла ми яла девойко ).
Web links
- Brief biography of Valya Balkanska
- The song Izlel e Delju Haydutin and others at last.fm.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balkanska, Valya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balkanska, Valja; Balkanska, Valya; Балканска, Валя Младенова (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian folklore singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arda , Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria |